Elanna — #9070 US girls' name
555 babies named Elanna in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 49% of names given to girls today.
34% of everyone ever named Elanna was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Elanna in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Elanna
The Social Security Administration has registered 555 babies named Elanna between 1967 and 2024, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elanna currently holds the #9070 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 26 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Elanna performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 186 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Elanna shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Elanna in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Elanna in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 555 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Elanna at a glance
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Current rank
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Elanna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1967
- Peak year (2014)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 58 years of records
Currently ranks #9070 among girls.
555 total births across 58 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 26 births in a single year.
Elanna by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 186 births that decade — 34% of Elanna's all-time total
Elanna decade highlights
- Peak decade 186 births
- Runner-up 168 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Elanna's strongest decade
186 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Elanna by state
Where Elanna concentrates geographically — total births since 1967
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 0.9% |
5 of 555 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 0.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1967–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.